VOC Daghregisters, Part 1: 1687 and 1692, dealing with two important years during Simon van der Stel’s governance. Photographed in the Nationaal Archief, The Hague and locally transcribed. The introduction in English refers to genealogy in particular.

Read about the French who visted the Cape, the burghers of Drakenstein, Perel and Stellenkeur, Simon van der Stel, Oelof Bergh's crimes, the death of Grietje Grof and the unspoilt Ijsselstein Baij.